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General discussion forum / Re: Micro PC, TS-480 and Bandmaster III?

« on: 2012-07-27, 19:19:57 »

I'm using COM2 for the rotor control. I'm not using COM 1 port on the radio RRC.

If you are not using COM1 on the RRC, then just loop back the CAT through COM1 and connect that to
the band decoder. You place COM1 in mode-6 and make sure you pay attention to the pinout on COM1,
since it is a mirror image of COM2.

I'm confused on this. It appears that you are saying that I connect the TS-480 CAT to COM1 on the radio RRC and then connect the Bandmaster - but how? USB? Are you suggesting that in Mode 6 the radio RRC becomes a serial splitter, of sorts?

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General discussion forum / Micro PC, TS-480 and Bandmaster III?

« on: 2012-07-27, 17:59:49 »

I have the Bandmaster III taking the CAT output from the TS-480 and using it to switch my 4 antennas. In order to use the Micro PC Client, do I need to have that CAT connection for rig control, or is that linked through the Radio RRC as usual? In short, do I need to free up that CAT connection to use the Micro PC Client?

dave

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General discussion forum / UPDATE...

« on: 2012-07-19, 00:09:32 »

I got CW working, just as Mitch suggested. My latency was OK. So far I've not had to change anything from default. I had my first CW contact on 40m last night.

dave

BTW, thanks again, Mitch!

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General discussion forum / Re: CW Straight Key Jack on TS-480?

« on: 2012-07-17, 17:18:12 »

Great! Thanks, Mitch!

dave

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General discussion forum / RESOLVED: CW Straight Key Jack on TS-480 - Mono or Stereo?

« on: 2012-07-17, 08:06:44 »

It seems that in the instruction manual, for the Radio RRC it says that a 3.5mm stereo plug on both end of the cable can be used to plug into the TS-480 straight key jack. Is that correct, or will I need to make a cable that is stereo on one end (coming out of the PAD jack on the Radio RRC) and mono on the other end (key input on radio)?

Thanks much!

dave